Andrew marveled at Dolan's de facto endorsement of Romney-Ryan, called Rick Warren a hack and lamented the "cold civil war" we've descended into. After praising Clinton's new ad for Obama, Andrew worried about the fiscal crisis. And as Fareed Zakaria and Michael Pettis fisked Ferguson for China fear-mongering, Patrick Chovanec flagged the imminent threat of a Chinese slowdown.

In other election news, Bernstein rehabilitated the Conventions, Dems adored Obama and Gakwer's Romney dump yielded little new info. The RNC continued to lie on welfare, readers commended Obama's charity and Sabato reminded us that post-Convention numbers go haywire. A chart of the day showed the implosion of the middle class, and more Amazon cusomters read "red" books. The Las Vegas Sun checked fairness instead of facts and new election apps debuted.

Meanwhile, on the healthcare front, David Cutler disputed Ryan's voucher system argument while Josh Barro hailed Medicare cuts as good policy.

In assorted commentary, 648 journalists have been killed since 1992, plutonium powered Curiosity and Kevin Drum heralded American education's non-decline. A DoD pocket guide framed America's occupation, inaccurately, David Ansen hailed Paul Thomas Anderson's direction and Sacks recalled tripping. Jesse Bering discussed his biggest controversy, reusable grocery bags bore e coli and readers praised Pink Ladies.

And while Chinese filial piety looked an awful lot like porking, a reader hair-grafted Windsor lineage onto an anti-Obama protester. D'oh explained here, MHB here, and VFYW here.

– G.G.